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The Kyoto School names a philosophical setting associated with Nishida and later thinkers. Their arguments differ, and each has to be read within the politics of imperial Japan.
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Guided course · Module 12 · Lesson 72
Self, world and nothingness in modern Japan
Nishida’s accounts of pure experience, place and absolute nothingness change over time. The lesson compares them with the earlier Buddhist idea of emptiness and examines the political implications proposed for his metaphysics.